Photos: How Tiger Woods' Descent Into Injury Began

2008 U.S. Open Tiger Woods' dramatic win became all the more awe-inducing when the player revealed he was competing with a torn ACL and a double stress fracture in his left leg. Knee surgery kept the Opens champion out of the Ryder Cup and the next two majors.

2010 Players Championship Woods was plagued not only by sex scandals but injuries in 2010. The golfer was forced to bow out during the final round of the Players Championship because of a neck injury. An MRI showed that he had an inflamed facet joint in his neck.

2010 Chevron World Challenge After Woods lost to Graeme McDowell, the player complained of a sore Achilles' tendon. The injury was treated with cortisone.

2011 Masters Championship During the third round of the Masters, Woods suffered from a minor MCL strain in his left knee and strained left Achilles' tendon that kept him sidelined at the next event. Woods couldn't play at the Wells Fargo Championship the next week.

2011 Players Championship But missing the Wells Fargo Championship wasn't enough. Woods ended up withdrawing from the Players Championship mid-game when he complained that his knee was acting up and his calf was cramping.